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Over 50 years ago, we began building stators for synchronous motors used in avionics. In the last four decades, our motors and components have been used systems for commercial aircraft, military aircraft, military vehicles, outer space vehicles and naval applications.
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About Faywood Hot Springs Resort, Inc.
Consuelo is Spanish for comfort and is named after the historic hotel, Casa de Consuelo (House of Comfort), that used to stand at Faywood Hot Springs Resort.
Consuelo Cabin is Faywood's only handicap accessible cabin. Reservation preference will be given to guests with physical disabilities. Faywood Hot Springs does reserve the right to switch cabin reservations of equal value to accommodate the physically disabled.
A 2-night stay minimum is required for holiday weeks but please call for a single night reservation between 10am and 10pm during these times, we may be able to fit you in!
Check-in for cabins is 2PM; check-out is 11AM.
We do require a $10.00 non-refundable booking fee for cabins. You will be asked for your credit card info at checkout.
Amenities: One-bedroom with full bath, sleeping loft and porch (some screened-in). Queen-sized bed, linens, towels, kitchenette with table & chairs, microwave, small refrigerator, coffeemaker, StarbucksTM coffee and teas, sink, dishes, utensils, heat and air, Azah bath soaps, private yard, picnic table, outdoor charcoal BBQ grill. Includes use of the public soaking pools and facilities until 11 AM the following morning, plus one hour private pool time per overnight stay. Cabin check-in is at 2 PM. Check-out 11AM. Sorry, no smoking, candles or pets inside the cabins. Linens are provided for lofted areas at $12.00 per additional person over 2 in the cabins. Linens plus bed service are provided for lofted areas at $15.00 per additional person over 2 in the cabins.
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Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide with up to 80% of adult's experiencing low back pain during their lifetime. Most cases of low back pain are due to a multi-dimensional factors and very small percentage (1%) of patients will have serious pathology. There is limited evidence to support individual risk factors as strong predictors of low back pain. However, there is evidence for the presence of muscle weakness and general de-conditioning as one contributor. Subsequently, exercise has been shown to be one of the most effective treatment approaches for low back pain.


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Cyril Zipfel Group
Our group studies the molecular basis of plant innate immunity. We aim at deciphering the signaling events linking perception of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) to the establishment of immunity.
We use the leucine-rich repeats receptor kinases EFR and FLS2, which perceive bacterial EF-Tu and flagellin, respectively, as model pattern recognition receptors (PRRs).
Our work also aims at understanding how plant receptor kinases work at the molecular level and how signaling specificity is achieved between different receptor kinase-mediated signaling pathways involved in immunity and growth.
We are also exploring how outcomes of our research can be used to engineer sustainable broad-spectrum disease resistance in crops.
Latest Publications
Engelsdorf T, Gigli-Bisceglia N, Veerabagu M, McKenna JF, Vaahtera L, Augstein F, Van der Does D, Zipfel C, Hamann T (2018)
The plant cell wall integrity maintenance and immune signaling systems cooperate to control stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Sci Signal. 2018 Jun 26;11(536). pii: eaao3070. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aao3070.Read more
Kunwar S, Iriarte F, Fan Q, da Silva EE, Ritchie L, Nguyen NS, Freeman JH, Stall RE, Jones JB, Minsavage GV, Colee J, Scott J, Vallad GE, Zipfel C, Horvath D, Westwood J, Hutton S, Paret ML (2018)
Transgenic expression of EFR and Bs2 genes for field management of bacterial wilt and bacterial spot of tomato. Phytopathology. 2018 Jun 20. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-12-17-0424-R.Read more
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TTL proteins scaffold brassinosteroid signaling components at the plasma membrane to optimize signal transduction in plant cells. bioRxiv preprint Jun 20, 2018 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/351056Read more
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Plant G-protein activation: connecting to plant receptor kinases. Cell Res. 2018 May 29. doi: 10.1038/s41422-018-0046-2.Read more


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Spending some time abroad as a student is a great experience. It allows you to familiarize yourself with a new culture. You can make new friends as you discover new places, try interesting foods, and gain knowledge. We have put together a list of the best places for a semester abroad in Europe.
Best places for a semester abroad in Europe
Lisbon, Portugal
This beautiful city has everything you need while studying abroad. The University of Lisbon is the largest university in Portugal. NOVA University of Lisbon is ranked as one of the best universities in Europe.
The city also has an awesome startup scene with many events and workshops. It is perfect for students who are thinking about starting a business after finishing their degree.
Lisbon is always packed with international students from all over the world there to enjoy the vibrant nightlife and the beautiful weather. Thinking about trying something new while abroad? Many beaches in Portugal are perfect for taking surfing lessons or just relaxing in the sun.
Valencia, Spain
Valencia is an awesome place if you want the best of both worlds. In summer, you can enjoy relaxing at the beach. In the winter, you can go skiing in the nearby mountains. Life in Valencia is very affordable. It is therefore perfect for a tight student budget. Students also enjoy its many events throughout the year.
The University of Valencia is one of the highest ranked universities in Spain with more than 100 possible study programmes. The Polytechnic University of Valencia is one of the best technological universities in the world.
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
This Dutch city is a perfect place for students who like modern architecture and appreciate diversity. Rotterdam is very multicultural, yet still remains some tradition. It is also a place with many international companies. Therefore, it's a perfect location for students who want to get hands-on, working experience with an internship during studies.
You will also enjoy that the Netherlands is relatively small. It's very well connected with public transport which will allow you to travel around and discover new places during your free time. Rotterdam is also home to many universities. Erasmus University is one of the best ranked in Europe.
Milano, Italy
Milano is a very vibrant city with many internationals. In fact, it is considered as the most international city in Italy. As one of the fashion capitals of the world, you can literally shop till you drop as the city is full of shops. Italians also have a very special food culture which you will definitely appreciate: pizza, pasta in all forms and prepared in all possible ways, ice cream and many other traditional dishes. You will not run out of options during your stay. Students also enjoy Milano's nightlife.
There are many universities. The University of Milano, for example, is one of the largest universities in Europe with more than 60,000 students.
Berlin, Germany
The capital of Germany is full of attractions. There are many events throughout the year, all from exhibitions to concerts and festivals.
Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin is ranked the best in the city.
As a student, you will also like that Berlin is one of the most affordable German cities. You can enjoy a kebab, currywurst, brezel or any other delicious German specialty.
Due to the fact that Berlin is full of internationals, you won't need to know fluent German. You will be able to easily get around with English.
Gothenburg, Sweden
Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden and home to many students. The education system in Sweden is considered to be one of the best ones in the world. Although Sweden is in general not the cheapest place to live, Gothenburg is still more affordable than some other Swedish cities. The University of Gothenburg is a strong research university.
If you are a fan of nature, you will love Gothenburg. It has a 137 hectares large park in the middle of the city, which is perfect for picnics and sports activities. You will want to visit the more northern areas in Sweden where you can enjoy the beautiful sights of the northern lights.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The capital city, Copenhagen is the most populous city in Denmark. Due to its practical location, it is very easy to travel to other nearby countries, such as Germany, Sweden and Finland.
The city is full of students. In fact, there are over 94,000 students enrolled in its largest universities.
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest university in Denmark. It attracts around 1,500 international students each year. Many international companies have their headquarters in Copenhagen which is another great opportunity for students who want to gain some practical experience during studies.
Copenhagen has one of the highest numbers of bars and restaurants per capita in the world.
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels is a city where many European institutions and organizations have their headquarters. It is therefore a perfect place for everyone that wants to have a future career in business or politics. Since it is not very big, it is also relatively easy to get around. As the capital of a western European country, it is also quite affordable to live in. As an international student, you will also enjoy that Brussels has a very vibrant nightlife.
If you are fluent in French or Dutch, you may consider the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (mostly French-speaking) or Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) (predominantly Dutch-speaking). Both are ranked in the top 220 in the world. At the graduate level, both offer courses in English.
If you have a sweet tooth, you will also enjoy typical Belgian waffles and delicious chocolate. Brussels is also very multicultural so you have an opportunity to get to know many different cultures.
Vienna, Austria
This Austrian capital city is very vibrant and full of international as well as local students. The city has many beautiful buildings and a lot of culture. There are more than 100 art museums located throughout the city. Austria offers many perfect opportunities for escaping the city life. There are many beautiful lakes and mountains nearby where you can go hiking in summer and skiing in winter.
Vienna is home to many universities, among which are many international schools. You will also like the fact that there are many beautiful parks and gardens throughout the city, where you can relax during your time off. Are you a fan of coffee? Then you will love visiting one of the Viennese cafés, enjoying a cup of coffee or eating a piece of traditional chocolate cake called Sacher Torte.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Scotland is the most popular destination for exchange students in the UK. People have voted for it several times as one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Students make up about one fifth of the population.
Edinburgh has four universities. The city's Old and New Towns were listed as a part of UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its unique character and medieval streets and buildings.
Edinburgh is also considered as the "birthplace" of Harry Potter as it is believed that JK Rowling wrote this famous book in one of the cafes overlooking Edinburgh Castle.
If you like to attend events, you will love that Edinburgh is home to numerous festivals that take place between the end of July and early September each year. The city is also perfect for students who enjoy or want a career in music, theatre or the film industry.
Where to study abroad in Europe
While it's important to choose a university in which to align with your studies, you will also want to consider the country and nearby places you can travel to. There are wonderful countries to consider for a semester abroad. Once you decide on the university, it's important to start planning everything as soon as possible. The main and most important task is finding a place to stay in a foreign city which can be quite confusing. For that reason, there are websites you can use in order to safely secure your place abroad. One of them is housinganywhere.com, a booking platform designed especially for international students.


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The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
Recertification information is submitted by homeowners to mortgagees to determine their continued eligibility for assistance and to determine the amount of assistance a homeowner is to receive. The information collected is also used by mortgagees to report statistical and general program data to HUD.
Comments Due Date: November 19, 2007.
Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB approval Number (2502-0082) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-6974.Start Further Info
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OMB Approval Number: 2502-0082.
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Recentemente uma empresa chamada Inflatable Zone entrou em contato comigo com a proposta de eu divulgar aqui no blog alguns produtos que eles oferecem. Então eu resolvi pesquisar mais a fundo e achei os produtos bem interessantes. Eles fornecem aquelas bolas "Water Balls" super divertidas que sempre vemos em alguns vídeos na internet, e foi por isso que topei divulgar aqui.
Hey Everyone!
Recently a company called Zone Inflatable contacted me with the proposal I disclose here on the blog some products they offer. So I decided to research further and found them very interesting products. They provide those balls "Water Balls" super fun we always see in some videos on the Internet, and that's why I bumped disclose here.
The Water Balls has many uses beyond fun. Currently they are used to exercise and stimulate children and adults overweight to lose weight. The use is easy, you can just walk floating on the water, do walking exercises or clash with others ensuring fun. There are no restrictions and you can use them in pools, lakes or sea and the Water Ball material offered in Inflatable Zone is tough and guarantee their safety, and the description of each product you can check. Just imagine being able to have your own Water Ball and have fun with family and friends where you want!
Uma das bolas oferecidas pela loja é essa multi cores que pode ser usada por crianças a partir de 6 anos com o material de 0.8mm PVC, e você pode conferir aqui!
One of the Balls offered by the store is this multicolored which can be used by children from 6 years with the material 0.8mm PVC, and you can check here!
In addition to Water Ball they also offer other entertainment products such as castles, inflatable slides and inflatable exercise mat like the one below that is unique with free shipping to some countries. Check Here!


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The Cardiff Cross Challenge was founded in 1997, and took place inside the Castle walls for two years, since when it has grown into one of the most prestigious Cross Country events in the UK.
Our event reguarly hosts Inter-area match's, and has held Home Country International's on numerous occasions. In 2000 we played host to the AAA Inter-Counties Championships which now takes place annually in Birmingham.
The 2017 event takes place on Sunday 14th October in Llandaff Fields, just north of the City Centre, and alongside the River Taff.
All races are fully marshalled, and the course is marked to national standards.
Changing rooms, showers and toilets can be found on the course.
St John Ambulance will be in attendance. Sports massage therapy, a Sports shop and Catering facilities will be available. Hotel accommodation is available nearby, and more information can be found on the travel Page.
2017 course map can be found here.
Please click here for information on race number, race timing & medical info
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I am an ABD PhD candidate at the department of political science of the Université de Montréal.
I am supervised by André Blais and co-supervised by Patrick Fournier.
My research interests include elections, political behaviour, Canadian politics, public opinion and methods.
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Many Western countries have witnessed the rise of so-called Populist Radical Right Parties and Movements over the last few decades. It is important to note that this populist phenomenon stretches further than 'just' the rise of populist parties in these nations - the trend towards populism is also noticeable in the norms and values in everyday life, and in communicative styles used by other political actors. This course will offer a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and empirical perspectives pertaining politics and society in general and the phenomenon of populism in particular. In the course, on many occasion, a comparative perspective - that is, comparing groups, times or nations - will be used to clarify theoretical and empirical issues. During the classes, we investigate theoretically the concept of populism by defining it as an ideology, a discourse and/or a political style as well as disentangle the relationship between populism and democracy. In our cross-national approach, different variants of populism across the world – especially the comparison of left wing and right wing populism in Western Europe and Latin America – are compared. Besides, we connect the populist Zeitgeist with general theories about cleavage theory by investigating whether or not and how voting behavior is still related to social structure in terms of social class and religious affiliation. In essence, we will disentangle the causes of populist voting primarily focusing on social developments, such as the impact of immigration, unemployment or accelerating social change as well as connecting it to anti-immigrant feelings, political cynicism, anomie, or relative deprivation. Last but not least, the course is also oriented to general changes in political communication at the level of agenda-setting, priming and framing.
The course is based on 13 meetings in the form of seminars. Students are expected to prepare themselves by reading all assigned literature in advance. During the seminars the students are invited to discuss aspects of the literature, to think about new avenues for empirical research with respect to the research they have read. While every student is asked to read all assigned literature, and prepare questions to the questions above, every meeting one or more students are appointed to take the lead in a particular session. These students are expected to turn in their answers (on paper and via email) on pre-defined questions to the lecturers. These answers – formulated in the format of a paper written individually – will be graded, and will constitute a part of the final grade of this course.
The weekly meetings require a lot of active involvement by students in terms of a lot of do-it-yourself preparation in this course.
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Alton Brown refers to the peppercorn as "the King of Spices". And it truly is. What is the most commonly used spice in American kitchens? There is no competition to the peppercorn. The sad truth is that most American kitchens are full of a pre-ground black pepper that long ago lost it's spice. If you have never had freshly ground black pepper then your taste buds have never lived. In this post, I am going to cover all things pepper: what it is and what types are out there.
Peppercorns are the fruit of a vine called Piper Nigrum. You can find this vine growing in Asian countries with warm climates like India, Malaysia, and Indonesia. You will find some peppercorns given a regional name (Malabar & Tellicherry are from Indian, Sarawak from Malaysia, and Lampong from Indonesia). European countries spent years trying to find better spice routes to these lands to get their pepper fix.
Peppercorns contain violate oils. When you crack them the oils are released and they flavor your food. Once cracked the oils will begin to dissipate, which is why you don't want to buy ground pepper- you want to grind it yourself. Check out my post on pepper mills.
There are different types of peppercorns available. They differ based on the way they are harvested and then treated.
Black Peppercorns
Black peppercorns are picked before they berry has fully ripened. They are then allowed to dry in the sun. Oxidation then takes place which turns the berry black. This process also brings additional flavors to the peppercorn, which is why black peppercorns pack the biggest flavor punch.
Recipe: Beef Tenderloin Steaks
White Peppercorns
White peppercorns are made when the berries are allowed to fully ripen. The skin is then removed, which leaves the inner white part remaining. White peppercorns do not have as much flavor as their black counterpart. So why use it? Well it's good for dishes that are pale in color. If your making a light colored soup, it will be much more attractive to use white pepper.
Recipe: White Cheddar & Shells
Green Peppercorns
Green peppercorns come from berries picked at the same time as berries used for black peppercorns. These berries are placed in a brine instead of being allowed to oxidize. Some people confuse them for capers as they are often sold near each other.
Recipe: Filet Mignon with Green Peppercorn Sauce
Pink Peppercorns
Pink peppercorns are actually not true peppercorns. They grow on a South American plant called Schinus Terebinthifolius. They have a nice fruity, floral flavor.
Recipe: Pink Peppercorn Gelato
Szechuan Peppercorns
Szechuan peppercorns, like pink ones, are not true peppercorns. They are from the Zanthoxylum Simulans plant. They are not as pungent as black peppercorns. Szechuan peppercorns have a lemony undertone and cause a numbing sensation on your tongue. They are used most often in Asian dishes that are meant to be spicy. Only the outer husk is used as the inner part does not have a pleasing texture (unless you enjoy eating sand). Szechuan was banned in the United States from 1968 to 2005 because they were thought to carry a bacteria that could cause damage to citrus crops. It never had anything to do with health concerns. In 2005, the FDA allowed them to return as long as they heated to 160 degrees to ensure the citrus destroyer bacteria was killed.
Smoked Peppercorns
I first encountered smoked peppercorns at By the Pound (Ann Arbor, MI) which is a bulk food store (great places to buy peppercorns). The mixture I bought contains black, white, and green peppercorns that have been smoked to up the flavor ante. Would be worth it to have a second pepper mill on hand for smoked peppercorns. Your guests will love you.
Red Peppercorns
Red peppercorns are the fully ripened berry with the skin remaining and no oxidation allowed to take place. However, because of expense and time, you will not find these on a store shelf near you. You'll have to travel to the places they are grown, mainly India to taste the red peppercorn.
Hopefully you learned something new today about the "King of Spices"- the peppercorn. Whether you choose black, white, green, or even the not-true peppercorn, the pink, make sure you always buy whole and grind them yourself. Let pepper regin at your table again.


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- Calories 600
- Fat 18g
- Satfat 5g
- Protein 25g
- Carbohydrate 91g
- Fiber 12g
- Cholesterol 78mg
- Sodium 1mg
Turkey Franks with Molasses Baked Beans
Dark brown sugar, dark molasses, and spicy Worcestershire sauce add bold flavor to this frank-and-beans dish without increasing the grocery bill.
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 375°F. Make baked beans: Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crispy, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate to drain fat. Discard all but 1 Tbsp. fat from pan. Add onion to skillet and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in beans, brown sugar, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard and salt. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 25 minutes.
Prepare franks: Remove dough from package. (Do not tear dough along perforations.) Cut it in half crosswise. On a lightly floured surface, roll out and stretch one half lengthwise, and then trim short ends to form a 10- by-6-inch rectangle. Cut diagonally into 2 triangles. Roll up 1 hot dog in each triangle from one wide end to a point, pressing lightly to seal. Brush dough with egg. Repeat with remaining dough and hot dogs. Bake on a lightly oiled baking sheet until golden, 15 to 18 minutes. Serve with baked beans.


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He's known for big-budget thrillers, but director M. Night Shyamalan says he would rather make small, character-driven work than $200 million epics.
During a conversation about "I Got Schooled," his new book about the American education system, Shyamalan told HuffPost Live's Ricky Camilleri that as the space for unique storytelling in movies shrinks, he feels more attracted to the nuanced dramatic work being done on television.
"The things in TV that feel good to me -- not necessarily plot as the god, but character as god -- is my instinct. I'd rather do the dinner table scene than anything else," he said.
Shyamalan got his chance to work in TV with "Wayward Pines," a new series that Fox has given the green light. The show will star Matt Dillon as a secret agent who journeys to the "bucolic town of Wayward Pines" in search of two federal agents who are missing.
Catch the full interview with M. Night Shyamalan at HuffPost Live HERE.


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Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum celebrated Tuesday five years of continuous production in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
As joint operators of the Khor Mor field, the two companies are currently producing an average of 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd). With a total investment of $1.1 billion and total cumulative production of close to 100 million barrels of oil equivalent, the firms pointed out that this represents the largest investment in the Kurdistan region as well as the greatest amount of production.
Daily production includes 335 million cubic feet of gas per day and 14,100 barrels of condensate, according to Dana and Crescent. A maximum production rate of 87,700 boepd was also achieved. In total, more than 402 billion cubic feet of gas and 20 million barrels equivalent of liquids have been produced by the companies since the start of production in October 2008
The firms added that their operations have ensured almost continuous power supply for four million people in the Kurdistan region, in contrast to the electricity crisis that exists elsewhere in Iraq.
Majid Jafar, Crescent Petroleum CEO and managing director of the board of Dana Gas, commented in a statement:
"We are proud to be the largest investors in the Kurdistan Region's oil and gas sector, and the highest petroleum producers since our first production five years ago, which enables electricity supply for millions of citizens, transforming the development of the region and providing billions of dollars of ongoing fuel savings for the Kurdistan Regional Government."


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Death to RGB
Shot with a Leica Digilux II, 28mm f2, flash, 100 ISO. At the risk of sounding like a flake, I don't think I will be able to continue shooting color… Read more »
Shot with a Leica Digilux II, 28mm f2, flash, 100 ISO. At the risk of sounding like a flake, I don't think I will be able to continue shooting color… Read more »
Captured this with the Leica Apo 180 3.4 on a 4mp Canon 1d @ 1/500, 200 ISO. I have a Leica R lens adaptor to Canons EOS system (digi and… Read more »
Who doesn't want to create the best memories on the day of their wedding? Who doesn't want to look happy and cheery when they are getting hitched? But most of us think about the ideas of capturing those moments into the pictures forever.
If your wedding day is near and you are still finding tips for the best photography then you go through the tips and you will be able to make your day memorable.
For more information about the wedding photographs, Click here.
The group shot is common in the weddings but let's just try something new in the wedding. Create a photo booth for your friends which is suitable for you and for each of them. You will be able to remember them just by their tags.
Being formal on a wedding day is quite common but this time let's try something new. Don't go for the flowers and other accessories instead you should go for the sports props. Try football or some cricket bats with you all with a wedding theme on it.
You can take a shot of your shoes while you keep your foot on the football with the formal dressing. You will love the shot and cool you will look on your wedding day too.
You should add some beautiful moments in your wedding photography too which must look like you are in some movie. For this purpose first, hire a photographer which should have enough experience in capturing the moments for a bride.
An idea you can attempt for the best photo of yours is that there should be a flower shower over you and photographer capture the photo when petals are over you and when you smiling with the joy.
Plan some surprise for your spouse, and of course, one should, after all, this is the best day of your life and it should be memorable for both of you. In case you are wondering you can go for the lots of ideas on the internet which can him or her happy.
When you will give your partner a surprise then a photographer must be ready to capture his reaction. You will be able to catch the best part of the wedding in the photo forever.
Capture photos when your guests are dancing or when someone is making a weird face. After so many years of your marriage if you people will throw a party to your friends then you can show them how much you all have enjoyed that day.
This will make your friendship bond strong for the rest of the life.
You can also hire a bouncy for this purpose. You all can jump over the bouncy and photographer capture the photo when you are in the air. It will be super fun to have this kind of photo in your home from your wedding day.
You can capture this photo with your groom and with your friend's group too. Everything will be memorable for you.
Pictures of children get a lot more likes than the elders because everybody loves the children. Everybody wants to capture amazing pictures of their children. Parents want to capture all… Read more »
Everybody loves capturing photos of their own and their loved ones and there are people who have a craze of capturing photos of different locations, buildings, and memorable things but… Read more »


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Sam Kužel is a composer from Houston, Texas. He recently composed a synthwave/outrun/fake 80s score for a short film Angel of the City, which is a faux-80s action short.
Here is a representative track from the OST album.
You can also check out the OST in it's entirety here and watch the short film via YouTube.
Angel of the City is inspired by action movies of the 1980's (especially Cobra, the theme from which the title of this series was borrowed from), this episode introduces us to the lawless city of Fremont and the criminals that own the streets… until a mysterious man named William arrives in town.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has issued a notice of violation concerning the bluff collapse at our Oak Creek Power Plant site on Oct. 31, 2011.
The WDNR noted that a combination of factors contributed to the bluff collapse and that it is difficult to arrive at a definitive conclusion based on currently available information. We will participate in a follow-up conference with WDNR officials to discuss the matter.
Susan Martin, our executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, said, "We agree with the DNR report that a combination of factors contributed to the bluff collapse. We believe water from a number of sources, which seeped through layers of soil in the area, was the major reason for the bluff failure."
In the violation notice, the WDNR notes that a detention pond built for the flue gas desulfurization process "appears to have the greatest potential to impact groundwater recharge and flow to the bluff collapse area. Even at low seepage rates, a significant volume of water would have discharged through the basin bottom over the three-year period since the basin was constructed."
Martin said the detention pond built in 2009 was not built above the coal ash deposits. As noted in the WDNR's findings, small ash deposits were found during excavation for the pond. We removed the deposits and replaced them with suitable soil before the detention pond was completed.
There was no threat to the health or safety of the public before the bluff collapse or as a result of the collapse. No one was injured in the incident, and we restored the area within a month of the event. Should any fines result, they would not be paid by customers.


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For all the GOT fans out there..Here is something to make your wait for the next season a little soothing and interesting. This duo covers the GOT theme song in pure Indian classical way..
Its Good. As compared to other Indian GOT covers, its pretty awesome. I'd give it a perfect 5/7


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This website is built on our own framework and uses WordPress for content management. Originally built in 2005, we completed a rebuild in 2013 to optimize it for speed, upgrade it to MVC with file caching and pretty URLs, and to remove Flash.
High Country manages several hundred vacation rental properties in southeastern British Columbia. Property data is managed through a custom content-management system built by us. Page content is managed through WordPress. Availability information is pulled from the client's in-office reservation system.
- Field: Vacation rentals
- Location: Invermere, BC, Canada
- Completed 2005, rebuilt 2013
Language: English
Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, WordPress, Dwoo templates, jQuery
Hosted in Calgary
Load time ~2.8 s / 1.1 s (Virginia)
Google Page Speed: 91%
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GDL student Imogen Proud writes about the things she picked up from a workshop held at [1] The City Law School on 'Voice training for advocates'.
Ever wondered how to have a long fall in your voice? Daydreamed about talking more like Thatcher? Or pondered why on earth it would be beneficial to have a face like a cat's bum? Look no further…
"What passes in everyday life will not stand the test of performance".
...So started Debbie Chatting's workshop on voice for the advocate.
As part of her MA in Voice Studies, Debbie has spoken to top judges in courts across London to try to pry from them their pet hates when it comes to advocates speaking in court. Common themes quickly emerged. Frequent complaints were levelled against mumblers on the one hand and "machine gun" talkers on the other. But of course, its not just judges we advocates must consider. Losing the jury… or – infinitely worse – never getting them in the first place, could prove fatal to your case.
So, with these mild and thinly-veiled threats firmly in place, I present to you a selection of 20 gems of voice tips with which we were furnished at last week's workshop.


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'Fearsome five' rule top brands survey
Nine of the top 10 most valuable global brands and all seven of the newcomers to the top 100 list are tech companies — and retail, the fastest-growing category, was driven by e-commerce brands
Collectively they are known in marketing circles as tech's "fearsome five", and they dominate the 2017 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands survey.
Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook have taken top spots in the survey — the first of the big valuation studies to be released this year.
Nine of the top 10 are technology-related brands, as are all seven of the newcomers to the top 100 list — XFinity, YouTube, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Salesforce, Netflix, Snapchat and Sprint.
And while no locally based brands feature prominently, Chinese brand Tencent, with increased use of its social platform WeChat, has entered the top 10 for the first time, with a brand-value increase of 27% to US$108.3bn. Local media giant Naspers has a significant stake in the company, now the world's fourth-largest Internet operation.
The survey is conducted by marketing and brand consultancy Kantar Millward Brown, and is in its 12th year. The study combines measures of brand equity based on interviews with more than 3m consumers globally about thousands of global consumer-facing and business-to-business brands, with analysis of the financial and business performance of each company.
One local marketing director notes: "While no SA brands operate on the scale and reach of the top 10, it gives local companies an opportunity to benchmark against macro trends. And there is no doubt that tech brands are in the ascendency globally and in Africa."
Google, Apple and Microsoft retain the top three positions, having grown their brand value 7% to $245.6bn, 3% to $234.7bn and 18% to $143.2bn, respectively, over the past year. Facebook, in fifth, grew 27% to $129.8bn. Amazon, in fourth place, achieved the highest dollar-value growth of all brands in the top 100 — up $40.3bn (41%) to $139.3bn.
Millward Brown says: "The retail giant has continued to focus on its technology ecosystem, honed to meet multiple consumer needs such as online shopping, rapid delivery and entertainment, as well as introducing new artificial intelligence-enabled services."
Sports brand Adidas was the fastest riser by percentage growth: 58% to $8.3bn.
This year, the total brand value of the top 100 brands has risen 8% to $3.64 trillion, against 3% in 2016. The BrandZ top 10 in 2017 are worth almost as much as the entire top 100 of 2006 ($1.42 trillion vs $1.44 trillion), and have grown 249% in value against 152% for the top 100 as a whole.
Retail was the fastest-rising category, up 14% in value over the past 12 months. It has been driven by e-commerce brands such as Amazon and Alibaba which, like many native Internet companies, continued to add physical stores to their sales channels.
The technology category grew 13%, while fast food was this year's third-highest growing category, at 7%. The leading brands have introduced fresh food and value menus as well as customer touch-points that enhance the brand experience.
By region, US brands dominated the ranking, with 54 brands in the BrandZ Top 100, worth 71% of the total brand value.


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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' quarterback Josh McCown is likely to miss some time as a result of a substantial right thumb sprain he suffered during the Buc's beatdown at the hands of the Falcons last Thursday night.
As reported by Pat Yasinskas of ESPN.com, McCown has only been able to muster 420 passing yards, four interceptions and two touchdowns to kick off the first three games and as a result the Buccaneers have yet to win a game this season. With upcoming games versus the Bengals and Lions and rematches against the Panthers and Falcons, this team better get it together and quickly.
If you think about, and I'd hope McCown would agree, this injury is a blessing in disguise really. Josh should take this week to not only heal, but to watch as much tape as humanly possible. I mean coach Smith has stood by McCown all season, even after their most recent loss. Unless backup QB Mike Glennon plays out of his mind while McCown's thumb heals, I would say his job is safe.
No kidding around, this team needs to play better or they are going to have a rough year ahead of them. I'm not saying this team was going to compete for a playoff spot; they are in the NFC West and their schedule is tough, but I'm sure the team wants to improve upon last year's 4 -12 record.
Although McCown's status is still up in the air, expect to see Glennon get the start when the team takes on Pittsburgh at 1:00 PM EST at Heinz Field next Sunday.
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Jess originally hails from upstate New York where she gained a love for the outdoors hiking in the Adirondack Mountains, camping with her family, and kayaking the many lakes and rivers. She graduated from Gordon College in Massachusetts with a BS in Kinesiology. Jess discovered her passion for camp ministry while working at Tapawingo, a Christian camp for girls on an island in the Adirondacks. She served as a Counselor and then as the Counselor-in-Training Director.
Jess loves combining her passion for the outdoors and experiential education with her joy in serving guests and campers here at Camp Henry. She sees camp as a powerful avenue to empower youth by giving them opportunities to step out of their comfort zones and learn in new ways. You can usually find Jess out and about on a lake in her kayak or exploring a new trail on foot.
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Beauty Bit: Review of Bobbi's Gel Eyeliner
August 28, 2008 at 8:31 pm Jen Hill 2 comments
Guest review by TotalBeauty.com editor Kristen Oldham-Giordani
This little pot o' liner is awesome. It goes on easier than a traditional liquid liner — especially if you use a quality fine-tip brush — and actually lasts.
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text: This imagery formed an intrinsic, historic part of the Embera and Wounaan shaman's rituals. Today these traditional ceremonial masks are decorative pieces handmade by indigenous Indian women from the 'chunga' (black palm tree). Wild animals or imaginary beings, Embera artists are inspired by their environment and by their beliefs, through which they bring to life a craftsmanship unique in the world. One off creation


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This Client Alert continues Pepper's observations on the Volcker Rule (other Volcker Rule observations can be found here). Critical attention should be paid to the Volcker Rule's anti-evasion provision, a powerful tool granted by Congress to the regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with the Volcker Rule. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) recently provided banking entities subject to the Volcker Rule with an extension until July 21, 2016 in order to conform their investments in, and relationships with, covered funds and foreign funds that were in place prior to December 31, 2013. That extension, however, did not apply to the conformance deadline of July 21, 2015 for Volcker Rule proprietary trading restrictions.1 Therefore, the anti-evasion provision is a critical regulatory issue to watch in 2015.
A prime objective of bank supervision, which cannot be emphasized too often, is keeping banks "safe and sound" — the backstop to all bank supervisory rules. In addition, prudential supervisors urge banks to hold higher levels of quality capital and tie together capital planning to risk management as a bedrock to "safety and soundness". Whether a bank is acting prudently starts with the essential foundation of prudential regulation: The bank shall not engage in unsafe and unsound banking practices. Equally important, prudential bank regulators now increasingly focus on "risk based" objective standards, which include internal controls, information systems, internal audit systems and compensation, all of which involve risk assessment and risk management. Conformance to prudential examiner expectations regarding the Volcker Rule certainly will implicate a potential review of every critical element of a bank's system to ensure the bank does not engage in unsafe and unsound banking practices. It is also important to note that outsourcing any element of a bank's control system in connection with Volcker Rule conformance does not transfer the bank's liability to a third-party service provider. The bank retains responsibility to not be complicit in evading the Volcker Rule.
The Volcker Rule, enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act, generally prohibits banking entities from conducting proprietary trading and maintaining ownership of certain investment funds. Congress also included an anti-evasion provision in the Volcker Rule, which directed the FRB, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) (collectively, the Regulatory Agencies) to issue regulations establishing a compliance regime for the Volcker Rule. Congress also gave regulators a sweeping new power to nullify activities or investments if a regulator developed reasonable cause to believe that a banking entity did something that functioned as an evasion of the Volcker Rule's prohibitions. The regulations promulgated by the Regulatory Agencies detailed the compliance program requirements, but they did not further describe or provide guidance regarding the enforcement power under the anti-evasion regulatory provision and, instead, hewed closely to the statutory language.
Consequently, in the absence of further clarification or precedent, the anti-evasion provision raises significant interpretative challenges for industry participants and practitioners. For example, in their rulemaking, the Regulatory Agencies prohibited proprietary trading, but granted exceptions for activities that meet the Regulatory Agencies' definitions of activities related to market-making, underwriting and hedging. A banking entity, therefore, could engage in what it believes is a permitted activity, but it could then face scrutiny from a bank examiner concerning whether the activity meets one of the permitted exceptions.
Without further guidance from the Regulatory Agencies, resolving such a dispute will involve, at a minimum, in-depth analysis of the pertinent facts and circumstances and likely will depend heavily on the data from the banking entities' control systems and records. The scope of the anti-evasion provision will come to the forefront once the Regulatory Agencies begin case-by-case reviews, which lead to agency interpretations of the provision, because the provision was left untouched as part of the rulemaking process.
Below, we provide a more detailed discussion of the anti-evasion provision and offer further guidance.
Statutory Authority
Embedded in section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the anti-evasion provision provides authority to the Regulatory Agencies to establish a compliance regime for banking entities and to nullify an investment or business activity that evades the Volcker Rule's prohibition on proprietary trading and fund activities. The legislative history of this provision indicates a belief that banking entities may seek to evade the prohibitions on proprietary trading or owning covered funds by shifting activity and investments to subsidiaries. Although such a tactic may protect bank depositors, it was believed by policymakers to be inadequate to ward off a potential future need to bail out banking entities, re-establish market discipline and refocus banking entities on credit extension and client services, which were the driving impulses of the legislative response to the financial crisis.2
To interpret the Volcker Rule's anti-evasion provision, we note that the statute first directs the Regulatory Agencies to develop a compliance program for adherence to the Volcker Rule.3 The statute mandates the Regulatory Agencies to issue regulations regarding internal controls and recordkeeping to ensure compliance. The agencies have done so pursuant to their joint rulemaking, and we address the compliance program requirements below.
Under the Volcker Rule's anti-evasion provision, the statute next requires a Regulatory Agency to develop areasonable cause to believe that a banking entity has done something that functions as an evasion of the Volcker Rule's prohibitions.4 After developing its reasonable cause, the Regulatory Agency must provide notice and hearing to the banking entity, before issuing any order to cease the activity or change its investment to come into compliance. Lastly, the anti-evasion provision explicitly states that it does not otherwise affect the ability of federal and state regulators to restrict investments or activities provided by other laws.
Looking to the statute's plain language, the anti-evasion provision is an expansive tool for a few reasons. The threshold to support a regulatory enforcement response is not high; it needs to only be a "reasonable belief," which can provide for a wide spectrum of interpretation when a Regulatory Agency is scrutinizing an investment or activity. It also does not appear that an entity needs to have intended to evade the Volcker Rule; the offending investment or activity only needs to function like an evasion, or otherwise violate the Volcker Rule.
Pepper Point: The statute provides Regulatory Agencies grounds ultimately to disagree with, and invalidate, a banking entity's business practice on the grounds that the practice evades or violates the Volcker Rule, even in instances where employees of the banking entity could testify and show evidence of how they believed they were operating in conformance to the rule without any such intent to evade.
Pursuant to Dodd-Frank's mandate, the Regulatory Agencies jointly issued regulations, which included rules pertaining to the Volcker Rule anti-evasion provision.
The Volcker Rule regulations require extensive reporting. For example, a banking entity with between $10 billion and $50 billion in assets must write policies and procedures designed to document trading activities, set up internal controls designed to monitor compliance, establish a management framework that delineates responsibility and accountability for compliance, make data available for independent testing and auditing, provide training for trading personnel and managers to implement and enforce the compliance program and archive records for a minimum of five years to demonstrate compliance.5 The rulemaking also notes that the purpose of this compliance program is to enable agencies to "help monitor potential evasions of the prohibitions and restrictions" of the Volcker Rule.6
Pertinent to the prohibitions and restrictions of the Volcker Rule are the regulations permitting underwriting and market-making-related activities and risk-mitigating hedging activities.7 We have discussed these regulations previously (Observations 1.0 and 1.1 on the Volcker Rule) and will not address them at length here. However, the definitions of underwriting, market-making and hedging activities permitted by the Volcker Rule encompass the script of what the Regulatory Agencies have determined is permissible. If a banking entity engages in one of these permitted activities, it needs to do so with a documented business rationale, subject to comprehensive internal controls, to justify its actions as they will become subject to agency examinations.
Additionally, banking entities that qualify as foreign banking organizations under the Volcker Rule (addressed inObservation 1.2 on the Volcker Rule) could be exposed to regulatory risk from the anti-evasion provision in moving, from the United States to an offshore location, covered activity, such as proprietary trading. If a foreign banking organization decides to restructure its operations in this manner, it will need to develop a comprehensive approach and document a clear business purpose for moving its operations offshore, lest such a change be deemed an evasion of the Volcker Rule.
With respect to the Regulatory Agencies' enforcement actions, the regulations do not explicitly state the notice and hearing requirements of the statute — a point raised by at least one agency in its deliberative process for the anti-evasion provision — but the regulations do refer to the agencies only being able to take action as "permitted by law to enforce compliance." We expect that due process considerations will require notice and hearing in all such instances.8
The Regulatory Agencies also added language that requires a banking entity to liquidate an investment or halt a particular business activity that functions as an evasion "upon discovery."9 There is an affirmative duty on banking entities to self-report and remediate the potential violation if they discover a violation.10
It is also clear that data-tracking a banking entity's activities will play a pivotal role in the Volcker Rule compliance regime. Indeed, the OCC issued its Volcker Rule Interim Examination Procedures to assist bank examiners in determining whether banks have business activities or investments that are subject to Volcker Rule and, if so, to enable banks to come into compliance during the conformance period. We noted, in Observation 1.0.1 on the Volcker Rule, that the principal goals of the interim procedures included assessing the use of reporting metrics and progress in establishing compliance programs, such as measuring demand for financial institutions' market-making services, including their reasonably expected near-term demand.
Pepper Point: We anticipate that the many potential regulatory issues related to the anti-evasion provision will arise from a supervisor's routine examination of a banking entity's activities and largely will turn on whether the banking entity has established the required compliance program parameters and can document that its activities were proper, i.e., permitted market-making, underwriting or risk-mitigating hedging activities.
In fashioning the final rule, the Regulatory Agencies rejected several recommendations from commenters to establish specific penalties for violating the anti-evasion provision, such as levying automatic fines, holding traders or management individually liable, removing a banking entity's officers or directors from office and imposing salary clawbacks.11 Instead, the Regulatory Agencies noted that the statute added to their existing authority and explained that several other sources of authority already provide them with sufficient tools to punish violators beyond the penalties of the anti-evasion provision itself.12 Such tools include criminal and civil penalties under section 8 of the Bank Holding Company Act; enforcement actions and safety and soundness orders authorized, respectively, under sections 8 and 39 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; and penalties for filing misleading or fraudulent reports to the OCC under 12 U.S.C. § 164.
Interestingly, the Regulatory Agencies explicitly rejected the use of section 13(d)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act in connection with anti-evasion enforcement. Section 13(d)(3) permits the imposition of additional capital requirements and quantitative limitations of banking entities. The agencies explained that the capital treatment of banking entities' trading activities were being addressed in another rulemaking regarding regulatory capital rules. The Regulatory Agencies also stressed that they viewed section 13(d)(3) as a mechanism to bolster the "safety and soundness" of banking entities and the U.S. financial system as a whole. The agencies concluded that the authority provided under the section 13(d)(3) was not designed for a punitive purpose.
Notably, the Regulatory Agencies rejected the idea of having a lead enforcer or interpreter of the Volcker Rule regulations, including the anti-evasion provision. Acknowledging that, "on occasion," a banking entity may be subject to the jurisdiction of more than one agency, the agencies stated that they planned to coordinate their activities so as to limit duplicative actions and undue costs and burdens. This does not ensure uniformity in approach by the five Regulatory Agencies.
Pepper Point: In the coming early days of the new enforcement regime, we anticipate that the practical aspects of dealing with more than one enforcer for activities that allegedly violated the anti-evasion provision will most likely entail duplicative and costly action, such as responding to similar orders and document requests. We expect that the Regulatory Agencies will clarify internally, through informal understandings and memoranda of understanding, each Regulatory Agency's scope of jurisdiction and responsibilities.
Anticipating Enforcement Under the Anti-Evasion Provision
The Volcker Rule's anti-evasion provision is not unique, and antecedents exist for regulation of the financial industry, such as authority conferred by Congress in the Truth In Lending Act and the Federal Reserve Act.13 The common aspect of an anti-evasion provision is to enable the enforcing agency to have the power to make a substance-over-form determination. For example, under Regulation Z, promulgated pursuant to the Truth in Lending Act, creditors are forbidden from evading requirements for making high-interest mortgage loans for the principal dwellings of consumers by structuring transactions in a manner that resembles a home-equity line of credit, rather than a mortgage.14 In promulgating the Regulation Z rule, the FRB stated that the anti-evasion provision was intended to reach instances where an examination of the circumstances demonstrated that a creditor had no reasonable expectation that the substance of the transaction warranted its form.15 The standard under the Regulation Z rule is different, and arguably higher, than the Volcker Rule's anti-evasion provision, although both standards require an interpretation of what is reasonable. Similarly, an analogous anti-evasion provision also exists in the Federal Reserve Act, codified at 12 U.S.C. § 371c(e)(3), which enables the FRB to recast certain transactions in the securities of a "financial subsidiary of a bank by an affiliate of the bank" to be transactions made by the bank.
An alleged violation of the Volcker Rule will be undoubtedly an intensive facts and circumstances analysis linked to the data generated from a banking entity's compliance program. For example, the Volcker Rule regulations establish a presumption that a banking entity has conducted a prohibited proprietary trade if the banking entity purchases a financial instrument and holds it for fewer than sixty days or substantially transfers the risk of the financial instrument within sixty days of the purchase.16 The banking entity may rebut this presumption by demonstrating, "based on all relevant facts and circumstances," that the banking entity did not purchase the financial instrument "principally" for the forbidden purposes of making a short-term resale, benefitting from actual or expected short-term price movements or realizing short-term arbitrage profits. Thus, a banking entity needs to show its business justification for making a short-term trade, such as engaging in permitted hedging. If an activity meets the Volcker Rule exemption, then the Regulatory Agency likely will be hard pressed to find an evasive intent.
As a technical matter, during the Volcker Rule rulemaking process, commissioners from the Regulatory Agencies, such as the CFTC and the SEC, issued dissenting statements, reflecting some intra-agency conflict. Particularly to the anti-evasion provision, one of the CFTC's former commissioners, Scott D. O'Malia, criticized the CFTC's anti-evasion provision as inadequate in protecting a banking entity's procedural and substantive rights to due process.17
Pepper Point: Concerns about due process, in practice, may turn out to be overstated because the anti-evasion provision itself supplements the Regulatory Agencies' enforcement regimes, which provide for notice and hearing. With regard to the content of specific proposed orders or with respect to the legality of agency action generally, due process arguments may be available to challenge an enforcement action, including an anti-evasion action.
The Regulatory Agencies clearly decided to fashion a rule that primarily tracks its authorizing statute. Constructing the rule in the manner in which they did, the Regulatory Agencies have arguably preserved their flexibility and left the development of the provision to specific orders and procedures generated by enforcement actions.
Pepper Point: Since the issuance of the final rules, the Regulatory Agencies have provided further guidance on other aspects of the Volcker Rule, such as the OCC's Volcker Rule Interim Examination Procedures and the interagency Volcker Rule FAQs.18 We remain hopeful that the agencies will provide guidance on the anti-evasion provision in forthcoming guidance as the conformance period for proprietary trading draws to a close in mid-2015.


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I have only been doing "real camera" photography for several years but been without my Canon Rebel (the most pro camera I have had so far) since it broke over a year ago and I am still saving to buy a new one. So till then.... Several Android Apps. Fuji 14.1 MP fun little HUGE FILES camera... And going to buy a new laptop soon because there isn't so much to do with very limited (AND HACKED) equipment. Why hacked i don'r know. Maybe my billions of dollars they found. Tell me where there are at least.... I am sorta disabled so my work and online activity is not like an everyday full-time thing. I work on photos of many niche genres; my music (original EDM and Trance vocals and vocals for other DJs and Producers' recordings usually from Europe, especially the U.K. and Germany. But re-doing some of my tracks...cuz they were hacked and stolen and claimed as someone else's. Again, no idea why. (It just takes an email or text requesting info on licensing etc, similar to photography and all other content of the freelance or small biz nature.To prevent a LOT OF LEGAL problems sooner or later....) I photograph, video, edit, create music, write, create jewelry, and abstract acrylic paintings as a type of physical and emotional therapy, relaxation and motivation, and if I am lucky enough to be paid or compensated or contributed to or tiipped, then I am very grateful for that because I also believe in helping those who worked with me or for me in whatever ways so I do the restaurant style thing and tip out to certain folks involved in something that was bought or licensed or whatnot. But I am poetry grassroots so a major payday is not else res usually but I wouldn't complain. I also dont do everything for free or pay to play because what's the point? I do have copyrights and such in my originals so I figure there is some value in them to some people. But I am a chicken when it comes to in-person gallery shows so I dont do those yet... But if I had a manager or agent or PR rep who wanted to do such things and others stuff invent do cuz of my disability injuries I am open to legit discussions and the going percentage of pay rate or commission for the market(s) I fit in... Send me an email or text! I also sell various size and styles of single shots (pronts) for affordable rates, Hi Res JPEGS and Sets for various uses especially programs and apps and CHI stuff for overlays and styles and creating CD art, logos, etc. I have some works on a couple sites where you can purchase them yourself. Inam currently building a few basic sites of my own to have some places to keep My works and everything somewhat cohesibely. (www.imagekind..com/Cami and www.FineArtAmerics/
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It's back to school time. Kids come home with backpacks full of papers in colors like golden rod for parents to sign. Most of the papers are contact forms, but some are full of questions. Some are related to statistics for the district to receive various types of funding and some are something else. Take a look below:
Included in the middle of this form is a blanket release for my kids to be in the media, advertising or other publications for the school. I checked "no." Am I opposed to my kids being in pictures? No way at all. I'm not crazy about them being in ads, but that's just because I was in a few as kid and wasn't crazy about it and some of the kids I knew that were in national commercials ended up a little spun. But the issue here is, there is no way I would grant a release without knowing the specific situation.
Same thing should go for you and for your clients. Don't sign blanket releases EVER! And to my kids' school district, if you are going to be filming at school, send me a note telling me what is being filmed, why you are doing it, who is doing it and how it will be used. Until then? No, you don't have my permission


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A renowned political science professor said on Tuesday that the use of chemical weapons is the threshold beyond which Syria's regime will be considered intolerable.
Richard Price, a senior adviser to the president of the University of British Columbia, said that the taboo against chemical weapons is a moral and political limitation placed on war that requires recurrent reinforcement. Following the recent reports that Bashar al-Assad's regime used a hallucinogenic chemical in a December attack, there may be consequences if Washington does not respond to the attack with serious countermeasures, Foreign Affairs reports.
Price discussed chemical weapons in the context of history, from World War I onward.
"From the crossbow to the firearm to the submarine, many new weapons technologies throughout history have been greeted with protestations that they cross the boundary of acceptable conduct even in war," Price said, according to Foreign Affairs. "Moreover, after World War I, the American Legion actually argued that poison gas was one of the most humane weapons of warfare, a preferable alternative to explosives and bayonets, which often left survivors maimed and suffering from horrifying infections. What galvanized the world's attention to try to ban these weapons after World War I was the fear that they could be employed with catastrophic lethality against civilian populations -- especially in future wars, in which air power might be used to devastate major cities."
In 1993, the Chemical Weapons Convention was created to put a ban on chemical weapons after their use during the Iran-Iraq war. Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime first used non-lethal tear gas, but the regime eventually stepped it up to deadly mustard gas.
"Even as Saddam proceeded to use chemical weapons, he refused to admit it; such behavior actually reinforced the notion that chemical weapons were politically sensitive," Price said, according to Foreign Affairs.
While progress has been made since the advent of chemical weapons, Syria and other countries have not joined the CWC. Syria said it will not give up the weapons until Israel disbands its nuclear program and joins the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. The nuclear powers reject Syria's reasoning that chemical weapons are the moral equivalent of nuclear weapons.
Price said that after the potential use of Agent 15, the hallucinogenic agent, the taboo against chemical weapons will continue to grow stronger, Foreign Affairs reports.
"As the world watches the situation in Syria unfold with horror, it is useful to bear in mind that the Assad regime is not unleashing mustard gas, sarin, or similar agents as if doing so were fair game," Price said, according to Foreign Affairs. "In fact, in light of the reaction to recent reports alleging the Syrian regime's limited use of a hallucinogenic agent, the taboo against chemical weapons will likely grow stronger -- and the moral noose around one of humankind's many agents of destruction will only tighten."


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As my students work away on their ink assignments I am stippling away on this year's bookplate. I have a box of assorted sea shells on my desk and am building this piece much like a puzzle - I place a shell, draw it and then decided what shell goes beside it. Unlike most pieces, this one is developing without an overall plan so it's a lot of fun. I am throwing in a compass or two which makes this piece resemble last year's bookplate of clock faces.
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- Guymon, Oklahoma, United States
- I am blessed to live where my grandfather homesteaded, to have three beautiful daughters who are my best friends, to have six delightful grandchildren who live nearby, to be married to my sweetheart of 35 years and to thrill to the special magic of creating my own works of art. I'll never cease to thrill to witnessing new ideas and images come to life from the point of a pencil or splash of a brush. I am blessed.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing your progress! Your work is outstanding!
You have also inadvertently provided the kick I needed to finish my bookplate project!
many thanks.
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Cut QualityThe ideal cut diamond is a very precise mathematical equation, where diamond proportions and angles are cut to optimize the diamond's superlative optical properties, in particular it's high refractive index and color dispersion, to create a diamond of unequaled beauty with perfect balance of brilliance and fire. In layman's terms, the diamond is cut to make it the most beautiful diamond so it retains its intrinsic value.
ColorJ color diamonds are more or less colorless. J color will be slightly detectable to the experienced eye. When cut to ideal proportions, the diamond will produce a warm intensity. This diamond is an excellent value for the budget conscious. J-color diamonds are the least expensive of the near-colorless grades.
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Environmental excellence is one of the key drivers of the Suncor Operational Excellence Strategy. In concert with the four environmental performance goals publicly released in 2009, Suncor continues to implement an Environmental Excellence Plan (EEP). EEP is a business planning process that aligns environmental initiatives to the corporate goals with the aim of accelerating the company's environmental performance over time.
The EEP process involves collaboration between a corporate environmental excellence team, the business units, and internal leadership teams to enable the development and implementation of environmental initiatives across the company.
Enacted annually, the EEP is an integral part of the business planning cycle reinforcing the principle of integrated environmental progress and business performance that underpins Suncor's environmental sustainability strategy.
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Take a group of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, mix with some wonderfully sympathetic keyboard and guitar arrangements and you've got the award winning Blazin' Fiddles. In the past decade no other band has quite captured the excitement, passion and sensitivity of Scottish music.
Each member of Blazin' Fiddles draws on the distinct flavour of music from their part of the Highlands and Islands. Blending solo and ensemble sets with the occasional insightful tale, they all come together in a fiery blend to excite your senses.
From remote village halls to the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, fiddlers Bruce Macgregor, Iain Macfarlane, Allan Henderson and Jenna Reid joined by Anna Massie on guitar/fiddle and Angus Lyon on keyboard deliver a musically intoxicating evening for all.
"changing direction as tightly as a flock of birds, their reels can take your breath away." The Scotsman
"Absolutely mind-blowing" Mike Harding BBC Radio 2
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Track from the latest CD - Thursday Night at the Caley – 2011 – BRCD2011
Track from the Live CD – Live – 2007 - BRCD2007
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Running until Sep 9, a unique free entry exhibition showcasing stories, objects, records, photos and music memorabilia from the 1940s - 1970s in Kingston. Come and explore this interactive exhibition that will illuminate Kingston's musical past covering everything from Bowie's first performance as Ziggy Stardust, the Decca Record Factory in New Malden and the arrival of Jazz music with the American Army in Bushy Park.
Kingston RPM has been funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England and the Royal Borough of Kingston. The project delivery partners also include, Kingston Music Service, Kingston History Centre, Kingston University and the Rose Theatre.
View our blog post on how to identify a record produced at the Decca Records pressing plant in New Malden.